Links - political

For discussion of current public-policy issues that are facing the American political system, try the resources at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at www.puaf.umd.edu/ippp/

For a basic "front door" to almost all U.S. government Web sites, click onto the very useful site maintained by the Univesity of Michigan http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs

I don't know how I happened upon it, but you can just find all kinds of stuff in The National Archives at http://www.archives.gov/historical.docs/document.html?doc=38title.raw=Constitution!252

If you want to look at state constitutions, go to www.findlaw.com/casecode/state.html

Project Vote Smart's Web site on current issues in American government offers a number of articles. Go to www.vote-smart.org/issues/

You can find a directory of numerous federalism links at www.gmu.edu/

The Brookings Institution's policy analyses and recommendations on a variety of issues can be accessed at www.brook.edu/

For a libertarian approach to issues relating to federalism, go to the Cato Institute's Web page at www.cato.org/

National Assocation of State Information Resource Executives: www.nasire.org/

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the leading civil liberties organization, provides an extensive array of information and links concerning civil rights issues at www.aclu.org/

The Liberty Counsel describes itself as "a nonprofit religious civil liberties education and legal defense organization established to preserve religious freedom." The URL for its Web site is www.ic.org/

If you want to read historica Supreme Court decisions, you can find them, listed by name at supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) focuses on how development in communications technology are affecting the constitutional liberties of Americans. You can access the CDT's site at www.cdt.org/

An extensive collection of information on Martin Luther King, Jr., is offered by the Martin Luther King Papers Project at Stanford university. If you wish to check out these papers, go to www.stanford.edu/group/King/

If you are interested in learning more about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or want to find out how to file a complaint with that agency, go to www.eeoc.gov/

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is online at www.naacp.org/

For information on the League of Latin American Citizens, go to www.mundo.com/lulac.html

The URL for Women's Web World, which provides information on empowerment and equality for women, is www.feminist.org/

If you wish to contact the National Organization for Women (NOW) or check out the resources and links it offers, go to www.now.org/

You can find information on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, including the act's text, at janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/kinder

You can access the Web site of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the nation's largest gay and lesbian political organization, at www.hrc.org/

If you are interested in children's rights and welfare, a good starting place is the Web site of the Child Welfare Institute. Go to www.gocwi.org/

FindLaw, at www.findlaw.com/ U.S. House of Representatives Law Library, at law.house.gov/
Legal Resource Guide, at www.ilrg.com/

Yale University Library, one of the great research institutions, has a Social Science Library and Information Services. If you want to roam around some library sources of public opinion data, this is an interesting site to visit. Go to www.library.yale.edu/socsci/opinion/

According to its home page, the mission of National Election Studies (NES) "is to produce high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation that serves the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, and policymakes concerned with understanding the theoretical and empirical foundations of mass politics in a democratic society." This is a good place to obtain information related to public opinion. Find it at www.umich.edu/~nes/

The Pew Charitable Trusts serves the public interest by providing information, advancing policy solutions and supporting civic life. The Trusts will invest $248 million in fiscal year 2007 to provide organizations and citizens with fact-based research and practical solutions for challenging issues. http://www.pewtrusts.org/

Now, with the explosion of weblogs and Web 2.0 services such as search, tagging, and Technorati, the Web itself has become a single, massive-scale outlet for citizen journalism. One simply doesn't need Command Post much anymore, but we're keeping the site up as an archive ... a small historical landmark along the hyperlink highway. "Oh, look, honey," Web travelers might say, "here's where average people around the world first collaboratively reported and documented history for themselves on a global scale." Something may happen one day that warrants reactivation of the network, but until then, please read and enjoy. http://www.command-post.org/

The Corner on National Review Online http://corner.nationalreview.com/

John H. Hinderaker is a lawyer with a nationwide litigation practice. Scott W. Johnson is a Minneapolis attorney. For more than 10 years, they have written on public policy issues. Paul Mirengoff is an attorney in Washington, D.C. They publish at http://www.powerlineblog.com/

History and history in the making at the Belmont Club http://www.belmontclub.blogspot.com/ for earlier posts. Newer posts are on http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/.

Roger L. Simon is a mystery novelist and screenwriter. He can be found at http://www.rogerlsimon.com/

James Lileks, a columnist for the Star-Tribune and syndicated political humor columnist for Newhouse News Service, publishes humiliating defenseless ephemera at http://www.lileks.com/

Captain's Quarters - Thus every blogger, in his kind, is bit by him who comes behind -- http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/

The Evangelical Outpost - reflections on culture, politics, and religion from an evangelical worldview - http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/